High Peak patient transport service reaches milestone 1,000 patient discharges
Connex Community Support charity delivers a 6 day a week home from hospital transport service, safely returning patients and helping them settle back at home.
Features
Features from our monthly Joined up Care Newsletter
Integration of NHS and council teams is a success
More people are being supported to return home from a hospital stay, or to avoid having to be admitted, thanks to the integration of NHS and council teams.
“I try to bring brightness and joy into people’s lives”
Award-winning photographer Tony Fisher has shared some of the benefits he feels by supporting NHS organisations and other community groups in improving their services.
Derbyshire leads the way in community mental health transformation
A major shift in the delivery of community mental health services is providing more support, more quickly, to people who need it.
Dental investment plan to target areas of greatest need
Communities in Derbyshire that have the greatest need of help from NHS dentists are being targeted for support under a new plan.
New three year plan for dentistry is underway
Work on a new three year plan to improve NHS dentistry in Derby and Derbyshire has begun. The 2025-28 plan aims to: invest in the areas of greatest need reduce inequalities in access to dental care and inequalities in oral health improve access to NHS dentistry The new plan was agreed after extensive consultation with […]
We’re bringing NHS health checks into the community
By Annie Diamond, Advanced Public Health Practitioner, Derbyshire County Council and Angela Odell, Public Health Manager, Derby City Council. The NHS Health Check is a free check-up of overall health. It’s designed to tell you whether you are at higher risk of getting health problems such heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and vascular dementia. The check […]